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Reference (shelfmark):: Talbot Photo 12(44)
Title:: [Roof, Lacock Abbey.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:: Inscription: Inscribed in ink by Talbot by bottom right of image: 'Sept 1840' and in bottom left of paper: '5' Cloudy'. Genre: Architectural Photography View looking up towards a section of the roof, showing a dormer window and two chimneys. This is the earliest dated calotype, Talbot wrote ab...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 22 Sep 1840
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Talbot Photo 12(45)
Title:: [Fly's Wings.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:: Genre: Scientific Photography An almost completely indiscernible positive print of a wing placed horizontally onto the paper. Salted paper print from a revived negative. Chemistry float-applied on paper 114 x 181 mm. Paper watermarked 'J Whatman 1840'.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 14 Jan 1840
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Talbot Photo 12(46)
Title:: [Undetectable Image.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:: No indiscernible image, completely faded, though comparing it with the previous print in the album, this may also be of a study of an insect wing. Watermarked paper. Chemistry float-applied on paper 114 x 185 mm.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 03 May 1840
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Talbot Photo 12(47)
Title:: [The South Gallery, Lacock Abbey.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:: Genre: Architectural Photography A view along the interior of the gallery towards the Blue Parlour, with the large fireplace in the left foreground and light streaming in from the windows along the right. Chemistry float-applied on paper 187 x 228 mm. For a discussion of this image, see Larry...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1840
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Talbot Photo 12(48)
Title:: ['Trunk of Larch' supporting a basket, Lacock Abbey.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:: Genre: Still Life Photography A tightly composed view of the base of a tree trunk with a basket propped against it to the left. Chemistry float-applied on paper 188 x 227 mm. For a discussion of this image, see Larry J. Schaaf, 'The Photographic Art of William Henry Fox Talbot' (Princeton Univ...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 03 May 1840
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Talbot Photo 12(49)
Title:: [Lace enlarged by using a solar microscope.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:: Genre: Scientific Photography A faded print with partial image. Irregularly cropped, with the paper partially trimmed to produce a curved upper section.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1840
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Talbot Photo 12(50)
Title:: [Framed oil painting placed in an armchair, Version 1, Lacock.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:: Genre: Fine Arts, Photography of View of a framed portrait of a bearded man, resting on an upholstered armchair. A chemical stain has faded some of the detailing of the canvas. Chemistry float-applied on paper 114 x 180 mm.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1840
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Talbot Photo 12(51)
Title:: [Framed oil painting placed in an armchair, Version 2, Lacock.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:: Genre: Fine Arts, Photography of View of a framed portrait of a bearded man, resting on an upholstered armchair. This is a slightly tighter composed version than print 50, with a shadow falling against the back of the chair. Chemistry float-applied on paper 110 x 175 mm.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1840
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Talbot Photo 12(52)
Title:: [Statuette of Boy.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:: Genre: Fine Arts, Photography of Small statuette of a boy, standing upright on a plinth and wearing a tunic. Chemistry float-applied on paper 228 x 184 mm. Paper watermarked 'J Whatman 1840'.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1840
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Talbot Photo 12(53)
Title:: [Greek vase.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:: Genre: Fine Arts, Photography of A slightly elevated view looking down on a Grecian amphora vase. The vase has a dark ground, with a design containing a medallion with two superimposed triangles at the centre and a standing figure to the left. Paper trimmed to size of print.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1840
Extent:: 1 item

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